Goose Creek (Manitoba) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Goose Creek ...

We found six communities that share the name Goose Creek.

Within Manitoba, the name Goose Creek is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
  - Jefferson County
  - This Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Goose Creek.
- Nebraska
  - Cherry County
  - This community is historic<2> and although located in Cherry County, we don't know where within the .
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherry County community of Goose Creek.
- New York
  - Queens County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Goose Creek [Queens County].
- North Carolina
  - Camden County
  - This Goose Creek is located in Camden County and lies 1,752 miles [2,819.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Goose Creek.
- South Carolina
  - Berkeley County
  - This Goose Creek is located in Berkeley County and lies 1,890 miles [3,041.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Goose Creek.
- West Virginia
  - Ritchie County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Goose Creek [Ritchie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Goose Creek ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

In the vicinity of Goose Creek, Bylot is located 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the South

How Far From Goose Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Goose Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Goose Creek and extending to:

Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Goose Creek to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 25 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,540 miles [8,915.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,323 miles [6,957.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goose Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goose Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 58.6747, Longitude: -94.1447
<2>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Goose Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Goose Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>	While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>	The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Goose Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.185 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.92 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.554 degrees.